The Fire showed a different look Saturday’s after last weekend’s disheartening home loss to the Houston Dynamo.

With Veljko Paunovic looking to change things up a bit ahead of a mid-week road match at Philadelphia, Richard Sanchez, Grant Lillard and Brandon Vincent were all held out of the starting lineup. Goalkeeper Patrick McLain played an outstanding match in place of Sanchez, facing 21 Orlando shots and registering five impressive saves.

The shake-up/squad rotation worked as the Fire rode two golazos to a much-needed 2-1 win away to Orlando City. The victory keeps them to within four points of sixth-place New England and shows that nothing is over in MLS as long as struggling teams can beat other struggling teams on the opposing turf on any given weekend. After winning six consecutive games with most of the success coming against some of MLS’ lesser squads, Orlando City has lost three in a row.